Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose hand-painted bull and there is good relief

and there is good relief to the carving

" A great gift for one’s favorite keen observer of character

with a diameter of 6 inches at the lip and 2

just as it is

I've figured out that it is--not surprisingly--known as spike

Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose hand-painted bull and there is good reliefOver time I've become more and more attracted to things transformed by time and the forces of nature in this case that force likely being a mouse who nibbled away at this creature's nose! My guess is that this is meant to be a weasel, with its head, carved from a separate piece of wood and attached by post, turning all the way around in a very weasel like manner! Definitely primitive looking, it seems to me to have a good amount of age, but I'm not